Clipping:The coach asking for the ball trick

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Date	Wednesday, May 11, 1887
Text	Sowders has learned a new trick. During a temporary suspension of play—but while the game was practically in progress, the umpire not having called time—Captain Hanlon, who was standing at the coaching line near third base, asked Sowders, who was fooling with the ball, to give him a catch. Billy, who is noted for his accommodating disposition, tossed the ball toward the Detroit captain, who made no effort to catch the ball, but yelled to Brouthers, who was on third, to run home. The big first baseman reached the plate safely, but the umpire decided he would have to go back to third, apparently much to the disgust of himself and Hanlon. The Sporting Life May 11, 1887, quoting the St.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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